A/N: So, here is the next chapter! Unfortunately I'm going back to school tomorrow so the updates will probably be further apart, but I will try to make them every 3-5 days. Enjoy! :D

Chapter 2-Annabeth

6:00am (earlier the same day), the Argo II, somewhere over Greece

Annabeth walked out on to the deck. She looked out at the sunrise as she tried to calm her breathing. She had been woken up by her nightmares; they had been plaguing her all night. She knew that her dreams and nightmares would only get worse after her and Percy's trip through Tartarus, but she hadn't thought they would get this bad.

It was too early for anyone else to be awake yet, so Annabeth just wandered around the ship thinking about what Coach Hedge had told her before he left yesterday. He had said that because he was leaving with Reyna and Nico he had called in for backup-whatever that meant- and that another team would be joining them on the Argo II the next day. The whole conversation had been rather cryptic and had left plenty of questions swimming around in Annabeth's head that was for sure. Why did Coach think they would need reinforcements? Who were the reinforcements? After all, knowledge was power and Annabeth hated not knowing.

Just then she saw Hazel climb up on to the deck, rubbing her eyes groggily. "Oh, hey Annabeth." She greeted she noticed Annabeth.

"Morning Hazel." Annabeth replied. "How are you feeling, after… you know all the stuff that happened yesterday?"

"Probably nowhere near as bad as you are, but still, not too great." Hazel answered. "What about you?"

"Ah, you know, pretty horrible. But I'm really just glad to see the sun again." Annabeth said.

"Yeah, I know the feeling." Hazel agreed reminding Annabeth that Hazel had been stuck in the underworld for almost seventy years. Annabeth had barely made it out of the underworld still sane the time that she was there when she was twelve, how Hazel had stayed there for decades without going insane… She realised that her trip through Tartarus had brought her closer to Hazel, if only because now Annabeth understood what it was like to be stuck in the dark thinking that it was the end and you would never see the sky again.

"So," Hazel started, pulling Annabeth out of her thoughts, "I'm gonna go get some breakfast. You wanna come?"

"Um, sure." Annabeth replied. "I might go get dressed first though."

"Oh yeah," Hazel said just realizing that she was still in her pyjamas, "I should probably go change as well."

Both girls walked back to their cabins to get changed, meeting again ten minutes later in the mess hall to eat breakfast. When Annabeth got there she saw that Leo and Piper had also woken up and were sitting at the table eating breakfast while Leo tried to explain to Piper how the engine of the Argo II worked. Piper just wasn't getting it.

When Annabeth walked in their conversation stopped as they got up to greet her, both overjoyed that she was mostly okay and back on the ship with them. After receiving a hug from Piper and a fist bump from Leo, Annabeth sat down at the table with them and started eating breakfast, her three friends filling her in on all the things she had missed.

Eventually Percy, Jason and Frank came into the mess hall for breakfast and joined them around the table talking, laughing, eating and just generally having a great time all being back together again. That's when Annabeth remembered she had meant to tell the rest of the seven about what Coach Hedge had told her before he left.

"Hey guys," Annabeth addressed the group, "I hate to break up the party, but there's something I need to tell you all."

The seriousness of her voice got everyone's attention. "Is something wrong?" Percy asked quickly, ever the concerned boyfriend.

"No, nothing's really the matter, it's just something that Coach told me before he left. I thought I should let you guys know." Annabeth told them. The rest of the seven were all looking at Annabeth, focussing all their attention on what she was about to say.

Annabeth took a deep breath and started again. "Before he left Coach Hedge told that because he was leaving with Reyna and Nico, he had called someone to ask for reinforcements to be sent for us."

"Reinforcements?" Leo asked. "What, doesn't Coach think we're capable enough?"

"I'm sure that's not what he meant. I think he is just worried about us that's all. He wants to be here to help us, but since he can't he's sending someone he knows can." Annabeth said diplomatically.

This little bit of empathy from Annabeth was enough to silence the group for a few seconds. But soon Jason took it on himself to ask the question on everyone's mind.

"Did he say who he was sending, Annabeth?"

"No, he didn't." Annabeth announced to her disappointed friends. "He did say that there were six of them coming and that they would be coming sometime today."

"Six of them? That's gotta be overkill." Percy said. "We're fine as it is, we don't need six more people, they'll just get in the way."

"Actually," Annabeth addressed the group again, "I do have an idea of who he might have called in to help us, and if it is the group of people that I think it is, then they definitely won't get in the way. In fact they could change the tide of the war."

That got a better reaction. They were all practically exploding with questions at Annabeth's revelation.

"Who do you think they are?" Frank asked, jumping out of his seat.

"If they're coming today then they'll need rooms to stay in. How many of them did you say there were, Annabeth?" Leo asked already making arrangements in his head.

"Who could they be that they could change the war?" Percy asked doubtfully.

"Guys. Guys! WHOA, GUYS! LISTEN TO ME!" Annabeth had to yell to get the attention of her rowdy friends.

Everyone quieted down immediately when they heard Annabeth yell. She was scary enough as it was; no one wanted to mess with her when she was mad.

"Thank you." Annabeth said calming down quickly now that the group was listening to her again. "First of all I know you want to know who I think they are, but I'm not going to tell you because I don't want to get anyone hopes up."

"But-"Leo started to protest before Annabeth cut him off.

"No." Annabeth said, shutting him down before he could start complaining. "Now, second of all, the problem of sleeping arrangements is an important one. I think what will probably happen is that some people will have to share cabins."

"Share?" Piper asked "With whom?"

"We'll have to decide when they get here." Annabeth told her friend. She turned back to the group. "But last of all to answer Percy's question, if you really thought about it then you would probably know who I was talking about and that would be all the answer you needed."

"Wait, do we know them, Annab-"Percy started to ask before he was interrupted by a loud thump from up on the deck.

Everyone froze.

"Uh, what was that?" Jason asked.

Annabeth stood up. "I believe that would be our reinforcements."

A/N: What do you guys think? Please tell me! Also last time I forgot to include the link to my Polyvore; I have a set for each character in this story and will be adding new ones every few chapters. Just go to helenagroy on Polyvore and it should be there, if you can't find it please let me know and I can post a better link.

Helena :)